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mitt romney versus the kids. that is the sum of this evening's talking points memo. what i am about to tell you is very hard to believe, but every word of it's true. yesterday mitt romney was campaigning in virginia when he saw a group of children we'ving at him from the side of the road. the governor ordered his caravan to stop so he could greet the kids and talk with them, a nice thing to do. here is the photo the associated press took at the meet and greet. a foolish shot that makes romney the butt of stupid jokes. pardon the pun. the picture was taken by photographer evan vucci and never been published. the governor doesn't know there is a child behind him. this is a cheap shot, literally. accompanying the photograph was an article by a.p. reporter lynn elber that chided him for not participate not guilty a nickelodeon special called kids pick the president. a program will be hosted by linda ellerby, a committed leftist and president obama has agreed to appear on it. governor says he passed because the scheduling, but he well knows that she and her crew are devot
mitt romney versus the kids. that is the sum of this evening's talking points memo. what i am about to tell you is very hard to believe, but every word of it's true. yesterday mitt romney was campaigning in virginia when he saw a group of children we'ving at him from the side of the road. the governor ordered his caravan to stop so he could greet the kids and talk with them, a nice thing to do. here is the photo the associated press took at the meet and greet. a foolish shot that makes romney...
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i am sick of hearing -- oh, you are talking burt and ernie? >> is big bird a tall lesbian? >> big bird does not seem like a five-year-old child. that's the role he plays. >> gavin, i actually just to get controversial here, you described president obama as being among other things, you describe as being isolated. do you want to take back that charged rhetoric? >> somebody told me recently that tom cruise doesn't even know that he is the laughing stock, and he doesn't know that scientology is for nut bars. he is kept in this bubble. he is walking through life going, do do do. everything is awesome. i think obama is the same way. when people insult him, it is a total slap in the face. the arizona governor when she wrote the little -- when she wrote the third of a paragraph, he couldn't handle it. he is not used to being criticized. he is doing his speeches and being on the view. >> you want to speak with the racially charged word ice lake? isolation? >> follow me, isolation, small spaces, small apartments, public housing, homeless people. >> oh my god, i didn't realize that.
i am sick of hearing -- oh, you are talking burt and ernie? >> is big bird a tall lesbian? >> big bird does not seem like a five-year-old child. that's the role he plays. >> gavin, i actually just to get controversial here, you described president obama as being among other things, you describe as being isolated. do you want to take back that charged rhetoric? >> somebody told me recently that tom cruise doesn't even know that he is the laughing stock, and he doesn't...
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on what grounds does mitt romney talk about job creation. you didn't create jobs under bain or when you were government of massachusetts. jobs, what are you talking about jobs for? you don't know anything about jobs, 47 out of 50 and we're in a fight with this guy? he's leading now? you're kidding me! part of the reason is progressives are more honest than conservatives. when conservatives lose a debate oh, no, we won we won. i don't care, we won. what do liberals do, they said you're right we lost. >> president obama was not prepared for his huge debate. this isn't about left, right good or bad it's about coming to work to work. >> i think he was taken aback at the brazenness. >> i believe that mr. obama took a licking last night. the public knows that. he seemed not disinterested but uninterested. he looked as if he really would rather be somewhere else. >> when you've got to lead, try to sit on the ball in basketball and you've got the lead, when you play conservative, you often lose the lead. >> the president bizarrely just failed to sho
on what grounds does mitt romney talk about job creation. you didn't create jobs under bain or when you were government of massachusetts. jobs, what are you talking about jobs for? you don't know anything about jobs, 47 out of 50 and we're in a fight with this guy? he's leading now? you're kidding me! part of the reason is progressives are more honest than conservatives. when conservatives lose a debate oh, no, we won we won. i don't care, we won. what do liberals do, they said you're right we...
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we talk to the staff and we began talking to the romney staff six months ago in april and they were very encouraging why, yes, we would want to take part of this it's a tradition and it has become one. and then something happened. we don't know what. but all of a sudden it was he can't fit it into his schedule. and that's all they would ever say. he cannot fit it into his schedule. it takes 30 minutes. >> does the romney campaign know the precedent here of how it's a tradition that candidates have been doing for a long time? >> well, yes. we've spoken to them many times and exchanged a number of e-mails. i have to correct you. sorry. one factual error and i'm afraid that it got printed yesterday and it got spread around and it is wrong. kids did not pick al gore in 2000. kids voted for george bush in 2000. the one where they missed in the last -- this started in 1988, actually. andy
we talk to the staff and we began talking to the romney staff six months ago in april and they were very encouraging why, yes, we would want to take part of this it's a tradition and it has become one. and then something happened. we don't know what. but all of a sudden it was he can't fit it into his schedule. and that's all they would ever say. he cannot fit it into his schedule. it takes 30 minutes. >> does the romney campaign know the precedent here of how it's a tradition that...
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then later one mom from a navy seal gets tired of mitt romney talking about his son and she puts an end to it. >> imagine how shocked i was to learn that he was one of the two navy--former navy seals killed in bengahzi just a couple weeks ago. >> cenk: the republicans on fox news channel have this strategy that they do before a debate. it's called the preemptive strike. the republicans are familiar with that. this month they're doing it to martha radis. how are they doing it? oh she's bias, she likes obama. a daily caller put out an article. president obama was guest of the 1991 wedding of abc senior foreign correspondent of martha radis. now the obama camp and "abc news" said wait a minute, president obama attended the wedding of someone who was republican. and here is a timeline. 1991, the divorce was 1997--15 years ago--and he became chairman of the sec in 2029, 2009, . and in the article, they say what a nut job. they is it this to president obama right before the debate. and they said, barack obama being an angry black man. >> obama: what is happening in new orleans? where's your d
then later one mom from a navy seal gets tired of mitt romney talking about his son and she puts an end to it. >> imagine how shocked i was to learn that he was one of the two navy--former navy seals killed in bengahzi just a couple weeks ago. >> cenk: the republicans on fox news channel have this strategy that they do before a debate. it's called the preemptive strike. the republicans are familiar with that. this month they're doing it to martha radis. how are they doing it? oh...
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a lot of republicans were talking about whether romney would go over the cliff and take the whole party with him. even his own party mates were wondering if he could be an effective candidate. a different guy showed up for that debate, governor of mitt romney. appears moderate, but who sounded really good and convincing. the president chose not to engage him because i think he felt like the mitt romney he had been seeing all those weeks wasn't the romney-m that was going to turn the campaign around. unfortunately, that's not what they saw. it was a miscalculation. they won't make that [ female announcer ] with swiffer dusters, a great clean doesn't have to take longer. i'm done. i'm gonna read one of these. i'm gonna read one of these! [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust rags, swiffer 360 duster's extender gets into hard-to-reach places without the hassle. so you can get unbelievable dust pickup in less time without missing a thing. i love that book. can you believe the twin did it? ♪ swiffer. great clean in less time. or your money back. >>> back to "hardball." jimmy fallon t
a lot of republicans were talking about whether romney would go over the cliff and take the whole party with him. even his own party mates were wondering if he could be an effective candidate. a different guy showed up for that debate, governor of mitt romney. appears moderate, but who sounded really good and convincing. the president chose not to engage him because i think he felt like the mitt romney he had been seeing all those weeks wasn't the romney-m that was going to turn the campaign...
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and we were talking about the polls in the balgtd ground states. it also now looks like according to other polls that pennsylvania and michigan may no longer be safe bets for the president. lynn. >> all right, thanks. last night on the rachel maddow show, nate silver talks about just how close the candidates are in the polls. >> the whole good month that obama had in september between the convention and the 47% tape, you're now seeing the race as close as it's been all year. i'm a little skeptical that it's actually tied based on the fact that obama still seems to on have a lead in the majority of swing state polls. but romney, who a week or two ago go looked like his campaign might be dead in the water, now is very, very close. maybe the debate was the october surprise, although it wouldn't be the first time that a challenger did really well in the first televised debate. >> every night rachel maddow takes on the biggest stories of the day. watch her at 9:00 eastern right here on msnbc, the place for politics. >>> a 70-year-old man has become the
and we were talking about the polls in the balgtd ground states. it also now looks like according to other polls that pennsylvania and michigan may no longer be safe bets for the president. lynn. >> all right, thanks. last night on the rachel maddow show, nate silver talks about just how close the candidates are in the polls. >> the whole good month that obama had in september between the convention and the 47% tape, you're now seeing the race as close as it's been all year. i'm a...
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we are seeing a big push in ohio for mitt romney as well as president obama. we know that no republican has ever taken the white house without taking ohio. "the new york times" article that they have out also talks about african-american voting battleground states like north carolina. which president obama won by just 14,000 votes in '08. certainly could be a key in this re-election. article also notes the presidential election got 100% of african-american women's vote in north carolina. do you think -- it is voter enthusiasm that's the problem? this time around. >> i mean, i think that these women are not as excited this turnaround but, treatmently loyal. and don't forget about michelle obama. the power that she has with african-american women. while we -- really do appreciate what the president has done, i think a lot of black women are looking to say basically well, we appreciate what has been done, we want to see more. we want to know what he is going to do for us specifically. and so we look at the first lady and we know that's his number one adviser. tak
we are seeing a big push in ohio for mitt romney as well as president obama. we know that no republican has ever taken the white house without taking ohio. "the new york times" article that they have out also talks about african-american voting battleground states like north carolina. which president obama won by just 14,000 votes in '08. certainly could be a key in this re-election. article also notes the presidential election got 100% of african-american women's vote in north...
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mitt romney responded by suggesting the president is taking his eye off the ball. >> these are tough times. with real serious issues. so you have to scratch your head when the president spends the last week talking about saving big bird. >> former president bill clinton was stumping for the president in las vegas last night. offering his thoughts on last week's presidential debate. >> i had a different reaction to that first debate than a lot of people did. i mean, i thought -- wow. here's old moderate mitt. where you been, boy? miss you all these last two years. the problem with this deal is the deal was made by severe conservative mitt. that was how he described himself for two whole years. until three or four days before the debate, they all got together and said, hey, man, this ship is sinking faster than the titanic. so just show up with a sunny face and say i didn't say all that stuff i said the last two years. are you going to believe me or your lying eyes here some come on. . what are you doing? and if i've been the president, i might have said, well, i hate to get in the way
mitt romney responded by suggesting the president is taking his eye off the ball. >> these are tough times. with real serious issues. so you have to scratch your head when the president spends the last week talking about saving big bird. >> former president bill clinton was stumping for the president in las vegas last night. offering his thoughts on last week's presidential debate. >> i had a different reaction to that first debate than a lot of people did. i mean, i thought...
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talk to your doctor. ♪ >> jennifer: on the campaign front, mitt romney started his day in iowa stumping for its six electoral votes, but before he made his policy pitch, he took a jab at the obama times with real serious issues, so you have to scratch your head when the president spends his time the last week talking about saving big bird. >> jennifer: actually mitt it was you who first mentioned killing big bird in the debate. >> big yellow a menace to our economy, mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about, it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney taking on our enemies no matter where nay nest. >> jennifer: joining me from los angeles is current tv's always outspoking stephanie miller. "talking liberally" can be seen each weekend morning at 9:00 eastern, pacific. and here inside our "war room" is strategist donnie fowler. let me start with donnie. donnie, the big bird thing, with all of its problems why would the obama campaign make an ad about big bird. >> i don't know. it is the hottest thing on facebook right now. >> jennifer:
talk to your doctor. ♪ >> jennifer: on the campaign front, mitt romney started his day in iowa stumping for its six electoral votes, but before he made his policy pitch, he took a jab at the obama times with real serious issues, so you have to scratch your head when the president spends his time the last week talking about saving big bird. >> jennifer: actually mitt it was you who first mentioned killing big bird in the debate. >> big yellow a menace to our economy, mitt...
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at his family's urging, romney-- a private man-- has been telling personal stories of helping others. today in iowa he talked of meeting a former navy seal who was killed, along with three other americans, in the attacks in libya. >> and it -- it touched me, obviously, as i recognized this young man that i thought was so impressive had lost his life in the service of his fellow men and women. >> reporter: now, romney is also being more forceful in defending himself from those attacks as he focuses on these states that could decide the election. scott, he will be here in ohio four days this week. >> pelley: thank you, jan. also in ohio is our political director john dickerson. john, how much should we make of romney's new momentum? >> reporter: well, here in the state they're seeing it all over the place. the lines for tickets for an event in the northeastern part of the state were so long that officials here are saying that it might be the biggest of romney's entire campaign. but campaign officials are cautious. they know it's a long slog ahead. if you count the electoral votes that p
at his family's urging, romney-- a private man-- has been telling personal stories of helping others. today in iowa he talked of meeting a former navy seal who was killed, along with three other americans, in the attacks in libya. >> and it -- it touched me, obviously, as i recognized this young man that i thought was so impressive had lost his life in the service of his fellow men and women. >> reporter: now, romney is also being more forceful in defending himself from those...